i like the top one mysterious

Would this be better with just the top one or maybe the top and the bottom left? Any opinion is welcome!

I also prefer the top one alone!.....Lovely!....very nice portrait!.
Carlos

I like the top one best too! Good job!

Yeah! I like more the top one... Beautiful model with precious eyes! Nice composition and use of colors +10

Nice potrait.. looks beautiful.. dramatic eye capture...

Beautiful model!
Like both but top more!

Great touch with blue on black which gives a clear and nice contrast.

It's strange how her eyes look green in contrast to the blue because she really has very blue eyes. I was actually dissapointed because her eyes are more beautiful than shown. Thanks for the input!

good pictures, still lacking something , a final touch but its very nice
keep it up +8

Top one is perfect!
9/9

Both are very good, but the top one is the stronger composition. Great job Sally!
John

Beautiful work. Love her eyes. +9

Agreed with others about the strong composition of that of upper version. The others are good, but they don't use the negative space as well as seen in top version. Well done.

very nice capture!!

love the top pic

very nice work

I will join the others by saying the first one clearly tops the other. However, I would like to add a few remarks. Firstly, I would try to remove the background area in the top right corner. Secondly, I would have placed the veil (correct me if I'm wrong) so as to cover a larger part of the forehead and thus not revealing any hair. Then, I don't know if it's just me, but those shadows beneath the eye look pretty bad.
Otherwise, it's a good portrait. Well done

Top One,
good work

Thank you all for your C&C. idwtk444 - I appriciate the time you took to really look this over and think about how I could make it better. That means a lot to me! I am so excited to make it to the top page in this catagory now I would really love to make top 10! Seeing all the wonderful photography really get's my juices flowing!

Good use of lighting. The top one could stand on it's own quite well. Nice work.

I think the first one can stand alone as a very artistic photo!
Very good work...

i love the top picture alone. great one indeed!

this is excellent! a very nice portrait! you captured her eyes very well! great colors although I think it would work good as a BW too.

greets Lenny

Hmm, Lenn0 I hadn't thought of this in B&W. I will have to see what that would look like. Thank you (and all) for your votes. I am thrilled to break the top 5 for the first time!

Great Shot !!!

Beautiful portrait ... all exposure are perfect !
Great work !